Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should endure?

King James Version

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

Holman Bible

What strength do I have that I should continue to hope?
What is my future, that I should be patient?

International Standard Version

"Do I have the strength to wait? And why should I be patient?

A Conservative Version

What is my strength that I should wait? And what is my end that I should be patient?

American Standard Version

What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?

Amplified


“What strength do I have left, that I should wait [and hope]?
And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient and endure?

Bible in Basic English

Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

Darby Translation

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?

Julia Smith Translation

For what my strength that I shall wait and what my end, that I shall prolong my soul?

King James 2000

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

Lexham Expanded Bible

What [is] my strength, that I should wait? And what [is] my end, that {I should hold out}?

Modern King James verseion

What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should be patient?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

What power have I to endure? Or, what is mine end, that my soul might be patient?

NET Bible

What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

New Heart English Bible

What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

The Emphasized Bible

What is my strength, that I should hope? Or what mine end, that I should prolong my desire?

Webster

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

World English Bible

What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

Youngs Literal Translation

What is my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
What is my strength
כּוח כּח 
Koach 
Usage: 126

יחל 
Yachal 
Usage: 41

and what is mine end
קץ 
Qets 
Usage: 67

ארך 
'arak 
Usage: 34

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

10 Then I would still have this consolation, my joy in unrelenting pain, that I had not denied the words of the Holy One. 11 “What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should endure?
12 Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh made of bronze?

Cross References

Job 7:5-7

My skin is clothed with worms and scabs. My flesh breaks open filled with pus.

Job 10:20

Are not my days few in number? Turn away from me so I can have a moment's joy

Job 13:25

Will you torment a leaf driven two and fro? Will you chase after dry chaff?

Job 13:28

So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

Job 17:1

My spirit is broken. My days are extinguished. The grave is waiting for me.

Job 17:14-16

If I say to the pit: You are my father! And to the worm: You are my mother and sister!

Job 21:4

As for me, is my complaint addressed to mortals? Why should I not be impatient?

Psalm 39:5

Indeed, you have made the length of my days very short. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind.

Psalm 90:5-10

You sweep mortals away in the sleep of death. They sprout again in the morning like grass.

Psalm 102:23

He has weakened my strength in the way and has shortened my days.

Psalm 103:14-16

For he knows our conception and he remembers that we are dust.

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